Monday, April 18, 2016

Biscuit Speaks Again

ello.It has been a while since I barked--er,
spoke--here.My name is Biscuit.I'm a dog, part of Carrie Kennersly's
family.She's the person whose stories
are told in the Barkery & Biscuits Mysteries.

Carrie says that the second
of those stories, TO CATCH A TREAT, will be published in May, whatever that
means.From what I've heard--and, yes,
my dog hearing is great, even though I don't always understand human speak--it
involves dognappings.That's terrible
enough.But those dognappings aren't for
ransom so the stolen pups' families can pay to get them back.No, what Carrie figures out is that the dogs
that are taken are what humans call purebreds, and those horrible dognappers
are reselling them to other humans who are looking for a new dog.

And as happens in Carrie's
stories, a human gets killed.Not a dog,
thank heavens.They may get stolen but
they're not hurt--physically, at least.

Do you want to know the
background of the stories from my perspective?I did bark--er, talk--about it the last time I was here, but let me try
it again.

Carrie's my human.She brought me home a while ago after the
humans who supposedly owned me left me at the veterinary clinic where Carrie
works, and we've been close ever since.I'm
not one of those purebreds but a mix between those they call toy poodles and
those they call terriers.I'm gold in
color, and my fur is fuzzy.

I have fun hanging out most
days in one of Carrie's stores--Barkery & Biscuits, where she sells healthy
and scrumptious dog treats she created as a veterinary technician.She still works part-time as a vet tech at
the clinic where she takes me if I'm sick or she says I need shots.I also spend time there at the doggy daycare
place at the back when she's on duty.Oh, and right next door to the Barkery is Carrie's other shop, Icing on
the Cake, where she bakes stuff for humans, but I'm not invited to visit there.

Those are the basics.Oh, and yeah, Carrie has started seeing one
of the vets at her clinic when she's off duty--Dr. Reed Storme.He's a nice guy, and I like his dog Hugo,
who's what humans call a Belgian Malinois.

Anyway, this story of
Carrie's, like the first one, is worth reading, even though I don't know how to
read.She tells me that the first one,
BITE THE BISCUIT, was a finalist in the fiction category of the Dog Writers
Association of America's Maxwell Awards, whatever all that means.My suggestion again?Stop by our stores in Knobcone Heights, California,
buy people treats for you and dog treats for your best friend.

TO CATCH A TREAT, the second Barkery & Biscuits
Mystery by Linda O. Johnston, will be a May 2016 release from Midnight
Ink.

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